Legal Opinion
Vision Processing, LLC v. Christie Groves
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2013No. 11-3702PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Since enacting a program for black-lung benefits in 1969, now known as the Black Lung Benefits Act, Congress has repeatedly tinkered with the claim-filing process, sometimes making it harder for miners and survivors to obtain benefits, sometimes making it easier. The question today is whether Congress’s most recent adjustment, a part of something called the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, permits Christie Groves, the widow of a long-time coal miner, to bring a claim for survivor benefits under the new, more-relaxed method for obtaining benefits.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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